Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 1/3/25 3:16 PM, chrisv wrote:

-highhorse wrote:
 

Its a tool like anything else, so use the right tool for the job.
>
Advocates in COLA have historically fight against the wisdom of
understanding that everything has its own strengths & weaknesses,
swimming against uses where other solutions are better.

 Of course, -highhorse is lying.  He's a trolling asshole who gets-off
on attacking decent, reasonable people.  His solutions are better, by
gum, and he'll ridicule anyone who thinks otherwise.
 According to the -highhorse troll, "Linux is what sloppy cheapskates
who cut corners prefer to use, rather than a quality product."
 

Context:  OP source article:
"Help! My fridge is full of spam and so is my router, set-top box and console
Security company says it discovered spam and phishing campaign run over Christmas, which involved internet fridge"
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/21/fridge-spam-security-phishing-campaign>
It was a COLA thread on how Linux appliances were getting malware, and the fanboys trying to deny it:  they couldn't address a key question:
"So then why is it that a primary premise of Open Source - - security through many eyes - - so utterly failed here?"
Likewise, they tried to save face, by saying "there are no linux viruses in the wild." - - but that's another irrelevant red herring dodge, because the exploit wasn't via a 'virus', but an open port.
My summary which chrisv tried to warp was:
[quote]
...it was (past tense) a 3rd party vector via a Trojan: absolutely no OS platform is immune from Social Engineering, nor really to 3rd party add-ons affecting stuff, either. As such, your claim falls way short, particularly the same revision of Java on Linux OS had the same susceptibility: the only bitch point you can try to have is how Apple controlled their Java revision - but that was fixed due to this occurrence, so it is now a 2 year old moot point.
Bottom line is that there are appliances being sold which didn't have the flaw that these Linux appliances did - and trying to defend badly done work is problematic, because it too screams that Linux is what sloppy cheapskates who cut corners prefer to use, rather than a quality product.
[/quote]
Allegations of dishonesty .. is up to the reader to decide for themself.
-hh